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Although his weight is ok I'm concerned that I may be feeding my three year old too much?.
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The Department of Health have
identified that at this time children and adults are doing less exercise and have
more exposure to a multitude of fatty foods and snacks. As a result, as a nation,
obesity is on the increase and this can cause health problems in later life, such
as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. So the Department of Health has developed
the ‘Change for Life’ campaign to help raise awareness
for parents in supporting their children for a healthier future.
The ‘Change for Life’ campaign
suggests the following to help support you in feeding your child a healthy diet.
- Sometimes we tend to
give our children the same size portions as adults. Compare your fist to your
Childs fist, see that they are much smaller than yours, and their stomach
is too! - So give them smaller portions.
- Make sure your child
has 3 balanced meals a day including plenty of fruit and vegetables and starchy
foods.
- Make time for regular
meal times together as a family and encourage your child to eat breakfast.
- Ensure your child is
not filling up on snacks so they will be more likely to eat well at meal time.
Limit snacks to 2 a day one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
- Try to make snacks healthy
by using one of your 5 a day fruit and vegetable portions.
- Cans of sugary drinks
and crisps are portioned for adults, try not to give your children the whole
drink or packet of crisps, try and save some for later.
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